Government Claims for Clean-Up Costs Related to Cold-War-Era Contracts Rebuffed
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.10.12
On September 30, a federal court dismissed the government's claims for clean-up costs associated with groundwater contamination resulting from Cold-War-era Air Force contracts for certain rockets. Dismissal of the government's claims, which alleged perchlorate and trichloroethylene contamination, was based in part on "hold harmless" language in Air Force facilities contracts and continues the trend of recent decisions in cases involving the government's obligation to pay for environmental remediation costs stemming from work performed under government contracts.
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DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Claims Another DEI-Related FCA Settlement
On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Deloitte LLP and several of its subsidiaries agreed to pay, collectively, $21.5 million to resolve allegations that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with new anti-discrimination requirements incorporated into its federal contracts, by discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of race and sex, and by allocating and seeking reimbursement for costs related to those practices under its federal government contracts. This resolution is the second of its kind under DOJ’s recently launched Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, following a similar settlement by IBM in April 2026.
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OCC and FDIC Redefine “Unsafe or Unsound Practices”: The New Supervisory Framework for Banks
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The CSC Is Investigating: What Its New NIL Enforcement Memo Means for Institutions
